All Electricals articles – Page 140
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News
Argos pushes range via mobile videos
Argos customers can now receive product videos to their mobile phones after its supplier Wow! Stuff created the service to promote its Science Museum range.
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News
Online spending growth hits record low
Online spending growth hit a record low in September as etailers were hit by heavy discounting on the high street and postal strikes.
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Gallery
Store of the Week: Orange, Milton Keynes
Mobile network Orange opened what it says is its first UK multimedia store last week in Milton Keynes.
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Opinion
DSGi has everything to play for
While DSGi chief executive John Browett has been busy renewing and transforming his business, the electricals market is also changing around him and the pace shows no sign of slowing.
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News
Connections lift 2% at Carphone Warehouse
Carphone Warehouse’s retail division, Best Buy Europe, reported connections rose 2% to 3.2 million in the second quarter.
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News
Manufacturers sign to product reviews network
Reevoo has added consumer electronics brands Toshiba, Hotpoint and Sharp to its network of retailers and suppliers who use its service to publish product reviews on their sites.
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News
Carphone reports "commendable" second quarter
Carphone Warehouse’s retail division, Best Buy Europe, reported that connections rose by 2% to 3.17m in the second quarter.
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News
Halfords mobilises SMS text-and-reserve service
Halfords has launched a text-and-reserve service to add to its multichannel proposition.
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Opinion
Second time lucky for New Look flotation?
New Look is heading the pack of private equity backed retailers considering a return to the market next year.
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News
Jessops focuses on return to profit after debt-for-equity rescue deal
Camera specialist Jessops said it is well placed to restore profitability after completing a debt-for-equity rescue deal.
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News
Carphone Warehouse and Phones 4U battle to sell iPhone
Carphone Warehouse and Phones 4U are battling to sell Apple’s iPhone on the Vodafone and Orange networks after O2’s exclusive rights to the popular handset ended this week.
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News
Jessops completes debt for equity swap to ensure survival
The UK’s largest camera specialist Jessops has unveiled a survival deal which secures 2,000 jobs but leaves its bank owning almost half of the retailer.
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News
Kesa appoints new finance director
Comet owner Kesa has appointed Dominic Platt as it finance director.
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News
Phones 4U to replace legacy store systems
Phones 4U has embarked on a major store systems project that will see it replace virtually all its legacy store applications by the middle of 2010.
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News
Harrods attacks Dixons’ ‘low-down’ ad campaign
Upmarket department store Harrods has hit back at a cheeky advertising campaign being run by DSGi-owned etailer Dixons.co.uk and raised the prospect of legal action.
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News
Dixons.co.uk ad campaign pokes fun at John Lewis and Selfridges
DSGi-owned electricals etailer Dixons.co.uk has launched a cheeky advertising campaign targeting rivals such as John Lewis and Selfridges.
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News
Best Buy profits slide in second quarter
US electricals giant Best Buy, which will open its first big-box stores in the UK next spring, has posted a 22% fall in profits for its second quarter.
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News
Sales growth slows in London
Retail sales growth in London hit its lowest levels for four years with like-for-like sales in August dropping 5.9% for the month.
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News
Comet like-for-likes rise in first quarter
Electricals retailer Comet recorded like-for-like growth of 0.3% in the three months to July 31, parent Kesa revealed.
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News
BT to open dedicated broadband demo stores
BT is preparing to open high street stores for potential new customers to be given demonstrations of its Total Broadband service.